One of the set of Royal Mail's Special Stamps featuring all six published Jane Austen novels Credit: Press Association Images

A special set of stamps have gone on sale featuring Jane Austen novels to mark the 200th anniversary of Pride & Prejudice. The Royal Mail also said that letters posted in Chawton in Hampshire, where Austen lived, and Steventon, where she was born, will have a special postmark for a week.

Andrew Hammond from Royal Mail said: "When you think of great British authors, Jane Austen inevitably comes to mind. Her novels have contributed immeasurably to British culture over the last two centuries.

"New generations continue to fall in love with her work through television and film adaptations, as well as, of course, the books themselves."

The stamps celebrate the 200th anniversary of Pride and Prejudice and go on sale from today. Credit: Press Association Images